FA Cup 5th Round

Preston North End 1:3 Manchester United

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Mon, 16 February 2015 @ 7:46pm GMT
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    Burrow said:
    Looks good on paper, though we're gonna field like this;

    De Gea​

    Smalling - Blind - Rojo​

    Valencia -----------------------Shaw

    Rooney - Herrera​

    Falcao​

    Fellaini - Di Maria​
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    Or knowing us in the past few weeks it's going to be something like this;

    De Gea


    Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw - Young - Rooney - Herrera - Fellaini - Di Maria - Falcao.

    In a 0-0-10 formation! :lol:
     
    Rooney surely playing up top with that lineup.
     
    Superhuman
    Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw
    Blind
    Fellaini Di Maria
    Herrera
    Falcao Rooney
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    A-class team, that's the best we can get IMO. Well Falcao out for someone of RvP/Mata/Wilson but I can understand this decision.
     
    Burrow said:
    Looks good on paper, though we're gonna field like this;

    De Gea​

    Smalling - Blind - Rojo​

    Valencia -----------------------Shaw

    Rooney - Herrera​

    Falcao​

    Fellaini - Di Maria​
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    Tony - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw
    ------------Blind-----------
    ------Fellaini--Rooney----
    ----------Herrera----------
    --------di Maria------------
    ----------Falcao-----------

    Tony and Shaw will provide much of the width and di Maria will work those outside channels as well.
     
    Borys said:
    Superhuman
    Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw
    Blind
    Fellaini Di Maria
    Herrera
    Falcao Rooney
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    A-class team, that's the best we can get IMO. Well Falcao out for someone of RvP/Mata/Wilson but I can understand this decision.
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    RvP has a knock I think. Also the Preston side has some experience, so he maybe doesn't want to have Wilson with the responsibility.
     
    de Gea
    Valencia Smalling Rojo Shaw
    Blind
    Herrera Rooney
    Di Maria
    Falcao Fellaini

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    Looks like it will be one of Di Maria or Fellaini up front (depending on whether Van Gaal is favouring pace in behind or aerial ability). I would expect Preston to sit very deep, so Fellaini up top is probably the more sensible choice.
     
    Borys said:
    Superhuman
    Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw
    Blind
    Fellaini Di Maria
    Herrera
    Falcao Rooney
    ​
    A-class team, that's the best we can get IMO. Well Falcao out for someone of RvP/Mata/Wilson but I can understand this decision.
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    Same here. For me that's our best and most balanced starting 11 by far.
     
    Borys said:
    Superhuman
    Valencia - Smalling - Rojo - Shaw
    Blind
    Fellaini Di Maria
    Herrera
    Falcao Rooney
    ​
    A-class team, that's the best we can get IMO. Well Falcao out for someone of RvP/Mata/Wilson but I can understand this decision.
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    That is pretty much the perfect way to line up with the starting team.

    Blind controlling MF, Di Maria driving from deep, Fellaini adding steel in MF, Herrera slipping in passes and Rooney making runs. All of which will hopefully help Radamel Falcao to score against Preston North End.
     
    Dunk said:
    How is the team tailor-made for him to score goals? I'm not challenging you, just curious.
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    Ofcourse its all relative but playing as the lone striker ahead of Herrera, Di Maria and Rooney, not to mention all the Fellaini knock-downs against a not so good opposition, if he cant score today he won't get better chance for the remainder of the season.
     
    Didn't expect to see Blind back so soon. Excellent.

    Hopefully its a midfield diamond with Di Maria behind Rooney and Falcao. Unfortunately, it's probably Di Maria up front with Falcao with Rooney in midfield.
     
    Of course no Rafael!! Sometimes I doesn't understand LVG.
     
    Fantastic team!
    De Gea
    Valencia Smalling Rojo Shaw
    Blind
    Fellaini Herrera
    Di Maria
    Rooney Falcao
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    Please.
     

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    bosnian_red said:
    What??
    Good to see Blind in the team as well. Probably it's like this:
    De Gea
    Valencia Smalling Rojo Shaw
    Blind
    Rooney Herrera Di maria
    Falcao Fellaini
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    As long as it's not Di Maria up front. Thought it would've been a good game for Wilson to get a start though, up front with more pace instead of Falcao. Thought Mata would get a start as well. Pretty good overall though, due to the much deserved inclusion of Herrera
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    This'll most likely be the team.
     
    On current form Herrera offers a lot ore than Januzaj and Fellaini offers a lot more than Mata so I'd like to see a lot more of this line-up in the next weeks. Obviously Van Persie and Carrick will be back in the team in place of Falcao and possibly Fellaini when they are back

    It's great that Falcao willl be up front on his own as the 2 striker thing with Van Persie doesn't work and Falcao might just shine without Van Persie beside him
     
    Asger said:
    Of course no Rafael!! Sometimes I doesn't understand LVG.
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    Understandable, it's time to replace him. A player who can't stay fit for 10 minutes is just a waste in the squad for us.
     
    Nice looking line up.

    Really gutted for Mata though, he's been completely frozen out at a time when he was starting to find form. Surely he'd be better just off the front man than Di Maria who's looked awful in that position?
     
    Ringo 07 said:
    On current form Herrera offers a lot ore than Januzaj and Fellaini offers a lot more than Mata so I'd like to see a lot more of this line-up in the next weeks. Obviously Van Persie and Carrick will be back in the team in place of Falcao and possibly Fellaini when they are back
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    We need Fellaini to rough it up a bit. Especially with Davies starting.
     
    Wait, is Di Maria really playing up top? I thought it was just a joke :(
     
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  • Man Utd win
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  • 20% Preston 0:2 Man Utd
  • 16% Preston 0:3 Man Utd
  • 13% Preston 1:2 Man Utd
  • 11% Preston 1:3 Man Utd
  • 7% Preston 1:1 Man Utd
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  1. Preston
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Possession
35% 65%
Shots
14 11
Shots on Target
6 5
Corners
2 3
Fouls
17 15

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